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ACR 2024 - Day 1 Report

Jack Cush, MD

ACR Convergence 2024 opened today with a full slate of presentations, posters and specialty meetings.  The meeting began with a flip: the plenary sessions started at 9AM and the poster session began at 1030 AM. Below are some of the highlights from day one in Washington, DC.

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Is Pregnancy Truly the Solution for RA?

Eric Dein, MD

Pregnancy is perhaps the oldest treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has been associated with a natural improvement in disease control in 50-75% of patients. Others, however, are not as successful with unchanged disease activity or worsening of their autoimmune disease.

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In the @ACRheum MSK Ultrasound Guidance: In difficult-to-treat RA, MSUS can distinguish symptoms of active synovitis from other sources of pain. (consensus: mod) CURRENTLY do you often use ultrasound when RA gets difficult to treat, and synovitis isn't obvious? #ACR24 @RheumNow
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Cross-sectional study finds metabolic dysregulation in RA-ILD is indicative of poor prognosis- FGF-21 assoc w. poor survival. Another link btwn CV risk factors, metabolic syndrome & RA? Should we be doing more to manage metabolic risk factors in RA-ILD? Ab0803 #ACR24 @RheumNow
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Medication-assisted weight loss has boomed in recent yrs. How does weight loss affect disease activity & PROs in RMDs? ≥5% weight loss, after taking a med, led to better disease activity & QoL Data may inform RCTs to explore effect of these meds in RMDs Ab0845 #ACR24 @RheumNow
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What's the assoc between RA disease activity & ILD? Results @MassGenBrigham show early active RA is assoc with ➡️6x incr risk of #ILD ➡️4x incr risk of RA-related lung disease Early DMARDs are vital to reduce articular & extra-articular manifestations! Ab0802 #ACR24 @RheumNow
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Ab#0427 #ACR24 HSS: menopause & systemic rheum disease severity 1/3 women report worse disease associated w menopause Reported more flares, menopausal symptoms Findings were similar between SLE and RA, but SLE patients were >2x more likely to discuss w their rheum @RheumNow
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Ab#0458 #ACR24 10 year outcomes of 176 patients with seroneg RA 32 pts (18%) had change in dx - SpA (11), seropos RA (6), OA (5), crystal (3), CTD (3), Ifn-related/paraneopl/RS3PE, sarcoid (1) 40 (23%) had drug-free remission 30 (17%) started b/tsDMARD @RheumNow
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